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INDEX, 

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iM of the Trustee, £ 
I 'st of thr Faculty, 4 
<fr the Officer's of College generally, f 
hi the President, * 
Of the Vice-President, ib* 
Of the Professor of Languages, 9 
Of the Professor of Mathematicks and Mechanical Philos- 
ophy, ib. 
Of the Professor of Chemistry, Natural History, and Ex- 
perimental Philosophy, ib. 
Of the Tutors, 10 
Of the Faculty of the College ib* 
Of the Inspector, and of Damages done to the College, 11 
Of the Librarian and Library, 12 
Of Punishments, 1& 
Of Admission into College, It 
Of Study, 17 
Of Public Speaking, 19 
Of Order in the Dining Room, 20 
Of Dress, ib. 
Of Religious Worship and Moral Conduct, 21 
Of Resident Graduates, gm 24u 
Miscellaneous Regulations, ^^ ib. 
Advertisements, 28 
Certificate of Admission, ^ ib. 



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TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE. 



His Excellency, Isaac H. Williamson, Esq. Governour of 
the state of New^Jersey, and, ex officio, president of the 
board, when present, Elizabeth-Town, New- Jersey. 

Ashbel Green, D.D . LL. D. president of the college, and 
of the board, when the governour is absent. 

Elias Boudinot, Esq. LL. D. eldest trustee, Burlir^ <m 9 
New-Jersey. 

John Woodhitll, D. D. Monmouth, New-Jersey. 

Richard Stockton, Esq. LL. D. counsellor at law, Prince- 
ton, New-Jersey. 

Joshua M. Wallace, Esq. Burlington, New-Jersey. 

James Richards, D. D. Newark, New-Jersey. 

Andrew Kirkpatrick, Esq. chief justice of the state of 
New-Jersey, New -Brunswick. 

Samuel Miller, D. D. professor of ecclesiastical history 
and church government in the Theological Seminary, 
Princeton, New-Jersey. 

George S. Wgodhull, V. D. M. Cranbury, New-Jersey. 

Andrew Bayard, Esq. Philadelphia. 

John B. Homeyn, D. D. New-Fork. 

John Vanclevb, M. D. Prificeton, New-Jersey. 

Asa Hillyer, D. D. Orange, New-f ersey. 

Robert Lenox, Esq. New-York. 

Jacob J. Janeway, D. D. Philadelphia. 

John M'Dgwell, D. D. Elizabethtown, New-Jersey. 

Robert Ralston, Esq. Philadelphia. 

David Comfort, V. D. M. Kingston, New-Jersey. 

Isaac V. Brown, V. D. M. LawrenceviUe, New-Jersey. 

Aaron Ogden, Esq. LL. D. Elizabclhtown, New-Jersey. 

William A. M'Dowell, V. D. M. Morrislown, New-Jersey. 

Jacob Theodore Frelinghuysen, Esq. Attorney General 
of the state of New- Jersey, Newark, New-Jersey. 



THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE. 



Ashbet, Gkeen, D. D. LL. D. President. 

Phllip Lindsley, A. M. Vice-President and Professor of 
Languages. 

Henky Vethake, A. M. Professor of Mathematicks and 
Mechanical Philosophy. 

Jacob Green, A. M. Professor of Chemistry, Natural His- 
tory, and Experimental Philosophy. 

David M. Mvgie, A. B. 

Benjamin Ogden, A. B. \> 1 

John Macu&an, 



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LAWS OF TH^ COLLEGE. 
<tLJ^^-^ ' .CHAPTER I. rii vj*X^ 

OF THE OFFICEltSr OF COLLEGE GENERALLY. / / 

v / l. The officers of , grille ere/who iire to administer its gov 
1 eminent and conduct its msmictipn, are the' president, vice 
presideny^rotfssors ana tutors.*" " 1 

2. "Tiiey are~responsible to the trustees for the full execu- 
tion of the laws of the institution, and for the suitable and 
faithful instruction of the students. 

3. They are not to engage in any pursuit or occupation 
that will interfere with a stated and punctual discharge of all 



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utmost vigilance and exertions to carry into complete cflVct 
every law of the college without exception. As he is clothed 
with sufficient authority to make himself and the laws respect- 
ed, he is never to suffer any violation of a law known to him, 
to pass without its due reprehension or punishment. 

6. An exemplary regard to moral and religious duties is 
indispensable in every officer of the college. 

6. At the beginning of each session, and as much oftener 
as to the president may seem expedient, there shall be a 
meeting of the officers of college, in which shall be assigned 
to each, his part in the instruction of the college, which shall 
be registered in the book of the faculty. Provided, however, 
that nothing more shall be assigned to the president than lie 
shall voluntarily accept ; and that the professors severally 
shall always have the branches of science which they profess 
included in their parts of the distribution. The frequency 
with which each class shall recite shall be determined at these 
meetings. 



7. All the officers of the college have the right to enter the 
rooms and studies of the students at their pleasure, and it is 
their duty frequently to visit them. 



CHAPTER II. 

OF THE PRESIDENT. 

1. To the president isj committed the general superintend- 
ence of the interests and reputation of the institution, which 
he is bound to promote and maintain by every exertion in his 
power. 

2. He has a right to be present at the recitation of any 
class in the college, as often as he may see proper, and to 
conduct or hear the recitation, if he choose. 

S. He will take such brandies of instruction in the college 
into his own hands, as he may judge that the number of oth- 
er teachers in the institution and his own convenience render 
necessary and proper. 

4. He is to see that prayers are made with the students 
morning and evening, and that public worship be celebrated 
with them on the Lord's day : And he is also to give to the 
students p, course of instruction on the evidences, principles 
and duties of the christian religion. 

5. He is,-ex-omcio, president of the faculty, when present 
with them, and also the administrator of their decisions in 
cases of discipline. 

6. He is to preside at examinations and commencements, 

and to confer all degrees. 



CHAPTER III... 

OF TBTE VIGE-PBESIOENT. 

1. The vice-president is to conduct the studies of the youth 
in three branches of literature or science of which he is the 
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2. He is to convene and preside in the faculty, in the ab- 
sence of the president. 



V 1 1 So? THETPROFESSOR OF LANGUAGES. 

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1. To the professor of languages is specially committed the 
instruction of the several classes of the college in the Greek 
and Latin languages. — In this he shall be assisted by the 
tutors. 

2. He is to convene and preside in the faculty in the ab- 
sence of the president and vice-president. 



CHAPTER V. 

OF THE PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICKS AND MECHANICAL 
PHILOSOPHY. 

1. He is to conduct the studies of the youth in those branch- 
es of science which he professes. 

2. He is charged with the care and preservation of such 
parts of the philosophical apparatus, while in his use, as are 
necessary in the instruction of the youth in the branches of 
study which he conducts. 

3. He is to convene and preside in the faculty, in the ab- 
sence of the president, vice-president, and professor of lan- 
guages. 



CHAPTER VI. 

OF THE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, NATURAL HISTORY, AND 
EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY. 

1. Besides conducting the studies of the youth in the de- 
partments of science which he professes, to him is committed 
the care of the rooms containing the philosophical and chemi- 



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cal apparatus, and the cabinet of natural history : — the arti- 
cles in which he is to preserve from all unnecessary waste 
or injury. 

2. He is to convene and preside in the faculty, in the ab- 
sence of the president, vice-president, professor of languages, 
and professor of mathematicks and mechanical philosophy. 



CHAPTER VII. 

OP THE TUTORS. 

1. The duty of the tutors in the instruction of the college 
is to assist the professor of languages in teaching the Sopho- 
more and Freshman classes, and to perform such other servi- 
ces as may be assigned them agreeably to chap. 1st. art. 6th. 

2. The tutors must live in the college edifice, unless pre- 
vented by sickness. 

3. To the tutors is specially committed the preservation of 
order and decorum in the college edifice. 

4. The tutors shall ordinarily visit the rooms of the students 
thrice a day, viz. once in the study hours of the forenoon, 
once in those of the afternoon, and once after the ringing of 
the evening bell ; and they shall carefully note delinquent 

nts, that they may be dealt with as the faculty shall de- 
termine. 

5. The tutors are to attend the meals of the students, to 
ask a blessing and return thanks at the dining table, and to 

hiii the youth conduct themselves witii propriety, during 
the whole time that they are in the dining room. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

OF THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE. 

1. The faculty of the college shall be composed of all the 
persons concerned in the instruction and government of it, a 



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majority of whom, after due notice sliall have been given of 
the meeting, shall constitute a quorum. 

«. Every matter brought before the faculty sliall be decid- 
ed by votes; and it shall be the privilege of the president of 
the college, when present, to vote in all cases that come be- 
fore the faculty, and also to give a casting vote when other- 
wise there would he a tie. 

3. The faculty shall keep a book of records or minutes, 
and appoint a clerk, who shall enter therein a fair statement 
of their transactions, resolutions and determinations ; which 
book the clerk shall lay before the trustees, at each of their 
stated meetings— The clerk of the faculty shall be allowed a 
•ompensation for his services. 

4. No act of the facidty, which is not recorded by their or- 
der, shall be considered as valid. 



CHAPTER IX. 

OF THE INSPECTOR, AND OF DAMAGES DONE TO THE COLLEGE. 

1. A person shall be appointed to inspect the college and 
see that the rooms and entries be kept in good repair, for 
which he shall receive such salary as the trustees shall from 
time to time appoint—This office may be connected with that of 
tutor or professor. 

2. The inspector shall visit all the apartments of the col- 
lege once a month, to see if any waste has been made, and 
shall cause it immediately to be repaired. If the waste has 
happened in any private apartment, and by the fault of him 
er them who occupy it, and in all cases where the damage 
could not be done by a person from without the apartment, the 
inspector shall charge double for the repairs which he shall 
cause to be made, and in like manner for damages made m 
the uninhabited apartments of the college, when the party or 
parties who have offended can be discovered ; but when sueh 
discovery cannot be made, the inspector shall levy the exnejf»»« 



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of repairs equally on all the students, and it shall be paid be- 
fore the end of the session in which it has taken place. 

3. The inspector shall keep an account of the repairs 
which have been made, and of the expenses incurred in con- 
sequence of them, and of the money he has received for 
damages from the students ; which he shall lay before the 
trustees at every stated meeting of the board, that a regular 
settlement may be made. 

4. Every student shall pay to the treasurer seventy-five 
cents, at the commencement of each session, to constitute a 
fund in advance, for such general repairs of the college a? 
are not chargeable to any individual. 

5. The inspector shall constantly keep by him such mate- 
rials as are neeessary for the repairs of the college. 



CHAPTER X. 

OP THE LIBRARIAN AND LIBRARY. 

1. The faculty shall appoint a librarian, who shall execute 
the duties of his office agreeably to the direction of the facul- 
ty, in all matters which are not provided for by the rules es- 
tablished by the trustees. 

2. Every student shall, at the commencement of each ses- 
sion, pay to the treasurer one dollar, for the use and increase 
of t lie library. 

3. The librarian shall attend at the library one day in the 
week, at noon, during the sess'on, to give out books to all 
who have a right to apply. He shall enter the names of the 
persons in a book kept for that purpose, witli the number and 
eondftion of the volume, by which entry he shall compare it 
when returned. 

4. He shail keep another book for the purpose of recording 
all additions made to the library, with the date of their recep- 
tion, and if they are presents, the name and place of abode of 
che donor ; and these books shall be immediately entered ia 
the catalogue. 



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5. No student or other person, except members of the fac- 
ulty, shall be allowed to take out of the library at one time, 
more than one folio, two quartos, or two octavos, or smaller 
volumes, which shall he returned before they shall have liber- 
ty to take out any other books. 

6. The librarian shall permit no student to keep a book 
longer than as follows, via : A folio, six weeks ; a quarto, four 
weeks ; an octavo, two weeks, and every other book, one 
week. No book received from the library shall be lent, and 
he who receives it shall be answerable for every injury done 
to it while in his possession ; if lost, defaced or torn, he shall 
pay a sum proportionable to the damage incurred, or replace 
it, at the choice of the faculty. 

7. Any person, except a member of the faculty, who shall 
keep a book, smaller than an octavo, longer than one week, 
shall be fined twelve and a half cents — if longer than two 
weeks, twenty-five cents — if longer than three weeks, thirty- 
seven and a half cents, and in like proportion for a longer 
period. 

The fine for keeping an octavo longer than two wet^ks shall 
be twenty-five cents — for three weeks, fifty cents— for four- 
weeks, seventy -five cents, and in like proportion for a longer, 
period. 

For a quarto volume kept longer than four weeks, the fine 
shall be seventy-five cents — for five weeks, one hundred and 
fifty cents — for six weeks, two hundred and twenty-five cents, 
and in like proportion for a longer period. 

For keeping a folio longer than six weeks, the fine shall be 
one dollar— for seven weeks, two dollars— for eight weeks, 
three dollars, and in like proportion for a longer period. 

8. No person on whom a fine shall have been imposed, 
shall be allowed to take a book from the library, till the fine 
be paid. 

9. The members of the faculty may retain, in their keep- 
ing, books of science belonging to the branches which they 
teach, as long as to the librarian it shall appear that the gen- 
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this time does not extend beyond that session of the college 
during which the books shall be taken out of the library. 

10. No person, not immediately connected with the college, 
shall be permitted to take a book from the library, without 
depositing with the librarian the value of the whole set, which 
shall be forfeited immediately after the expiration of the timt 
above specified, if the book be not returned. / / L , 

11. No book shall be permitted to be carried more than a 
mile from the college. 

12. If the trustees or officers of the college, on any occa- 
sion, shall desire to consult a book in the library without tak- 
ing it from the room, it shall be the duty of the librarian te 
attend them for that purpose. 

13. No books shall be taken from the library during the 
regular vacations of the college. 



CHAPTER XL 

OF PUNISHMENTS. 

1. The punishments of the institution, being wholly of ths 
moral kind, and addressed to the sense of duty and the prin- 
ciples of honor and shame, are the following : Private admoni- 
tion or reprehension of a student by an officer of the college ; 
admonition before the faculty of the college or concessions 
there $ formal admonition before the class of the offender, or 
in the presence of a select number of persons of any descrip- 
tion, with acknowledgments of the fault and engagements of 
amendment ; public admonition and reprehension in the pre- 
sence of all the students, with a public confession and profes- 
sion of penitence ; if the circumstances of the case require it, 
suspension from the privileges of the college for a limited time ; 
putting the party on a state of probation, so that on the next 
offence he shall be wholly dismissed ; dismissing from the 
house, and ordering the student to leave the college immedi- 
ately, but without a publie expulsion ', public and formal ex 
pulsion. 



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2. In all laws where the penalty is not specified, the 
■election and application of any of these punishments shall be 
by a vote of the faculty, except the first, which any officer 
may apply as he shall judge necessary, and expulsion, which 
•hall be subject to the regulation afterwards provided. The 
facility, moreover, are to judge of the circumstances of the 
offence, and to consider whether they extenuate or aggravate 
its nature, and proportion the penalty accordingly — The rep- 
etition of offences shall always be considered as an aggravat- 
ing circumstance. 

3. The punishment of expulsion shall be sanctioned by at 
least six trustees, met for that purpose, before it shall be final- 
ly inflicted ; but in the mean time the faculty may dismiss or 
suspend the offending party, and exclude him from all con- 
nection with the college. r^ 

4. If any student shall refuse to remove out of the college 
On being dismissed or suspended by the faculty, the faculty 
are authorized to cause him to be immediately removed, and 
if necessary, to call in aid the civil authority ; and they are 
also authorized to cause an extract of their minutes respecting 
him to be published in the newspapers, and such student 
shall never afterwards be re-admitted to the college, ^ 

* ^ . CHAPTER XII... * j 

OF ADMISSION INTO COIJF.G^C ± 

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1. All examinations for admission to college shall he in \^ 
presence of the faculty, and no person shall be admitted, but ^ 
by a vote taken by them for that purpose, after Ins examination. 

2. No student shall be admitted into the freshman or low- 
est class in this college, unless he be accurately acquainted 
with the grammar, including prosody, of both the Greek and 
Latin tongues ; unless he be master of Caesar's Commenta- 
ries, Sallust, select parts of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Virgil, 
the Orations of Cicero contained in the volume in usum Ikl- 
phini, the Evangelists of the Greek Testament, Murphy^ 
Lucian or Dalzcl's Collectanea Grseca Minoi a the first tiiiee 
book* ef Xcnophon's Cyropoeuia, and of Mairs or Clarke's 



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introduction to the Making of Latin ; and unless he be well 
acquainted with arithmetic, English grammar and geography. 
And no student shall be admitted to an advanced standing 
unless he be found, on examination, to be equal to the class 
ibr which he shall be a candidate. 

3. No person shall be admitted into this college, under any 
pretence whatsoever, who may have studied at any other col- 
lege or university, without producing a certificate from the 
president or faculty of such college or university, that he has 
left it without censure. 

4. No student shall so enter the college as to pay less for 
entrance, tuition and room-rent, than if he had entered the 
junior elassat the beginning, and no student shall he admitted 
into college more advanced than the beginning of the senior 
year. 

5. Every person, before he is admitted to an actual standing 
in any class, shall obtain from the treasurer of the college re- 
ceipts or certificates, by which it shall appear that he has 
complied with the existing orders of the trustees in regard to 
expense; which certificates or receipts he shall produce to that 
officer of the college who has at that time the instruction of 
the class into which he desires to enter ; and if any officer 
admit a student to the recitations of his class, without such 
receipts or certificates, such officer shall be responsible to the 
treasurer for the expenses of such student ; and this rule shall 
also be observed in regard to every student at the commence- 
ment of every new session of the college. 

6. If any student shall be received into college after the com- 
mencement of a session and before the middle of it, he shall 
pay the tuition, room rent, library and damage money, accru- 
ing on the whole session : If admitted after the middle of the 
session, he shall pay for the half thereof. 

7. To prevent all excuses arising from an ignorance of the 
laws of this institution, every student shall receive a printed 
copy of them, signed by the clerk of the faculty, for which he 
shall pay to the treasurer thirty-three cents, to defray tti# 
expenses of printing. 



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S. Every student shall be required to bind himself tf 
promise, to obey all the laws of the institution. This obliga- 
tion shall be taken by the president, vice-president, or a pro- 
fessor in the following manner, viz. Question to the student 
*— Have you read and understood these laws ? Answer — I have. 
Quest. Do you solemnly pledge your truth and honor to obey 
them ? Answer — I do. After this the student shall be requir- 
ed to subscribe his name to the following form, to be kept in 
a book for that purpose by the faculty of the college, viz.— . 
" We whose names are underwritten do declare that we have 
acquiesced in, and solemnly promised to obey the laws of this 
college, as they are contained in the pamphlet under that 
title." 

9. The foregoing obligation to obey the laws of college 
shall be taken from every student at the commencement of 
every session, omitting the subscription in cases where it has 
been made before. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

OF STUDY. 

i. Every student shall diligently apply himself to such stu- 
dies as shall be prescribed to him by his teacher, and shall 
be careful not to be absent from any recitation of his class. 

2. Every instructor shall appoint the time and place for 
the recitations of the class he instructs. 

5. When a student is absent from recitation, without the 
express permission of his instructor, he shall be called to an 
account for it in the presence of his class ; and if he have not 
a sufficient excuse to justify the absence, he shall be repri- 
manded by his instructor according to the nature of the offence ; 
and if such absences become frequent with a student, he shall 
be reported to the faculty, and, by their decision, be subjected 
to such punishment as may be deemed necessary. 

*. The hours of study shall be from the time of morning 
prayers till eight o'clock, from nine till twelve in the forenoon, 
and from two till five in the afternoon ; during which time 





erery student shall keep his room, unless called from, it to 
recite, or by some urgent necessity, of which he shall always 
be ready to give an account to any officer of the college who 
may observe his absence. It is also required that the stu- 
dents be particularly careful to keep to their rooms after the 
ringing of the evening bell, unless obliged to leave them by 
some cause that will obviously justify their absence to the 
members of the faculty. 

5. At the close of each session of the college, every clast 
shall be strictly examined on all the studies of that session, 
and at the close of each year, on the studies of that year. The 
faculty may also appoint quarterly examinations of all, or any 
of the classes, whenever they may judge it expedient. These 
examinations shall be public, so far as to admit not only the 
trustees, but all gentlemen of liberal education who may 
choose to be present, and such other persons as the faculty or 
trustees may invite. 

6. Those who shall appear to the faculty, on examination, 
to be deficient in their studies, shall be dealt with according 
to the nature and extent of the deficiency. If the deficiency 
be great, the party in whom it appears shall be put into a 
lower class : If it be such as can be remedied by diligence, 
the faculty may allow the ensuing vacation to make it up, and 
examine the party at the beginning of the succeeding session: 
If proofs of negligence appear in any, though it have not been 
productive of gross deficiency, the faculty may mention, be- 
fore the class, the names of such persons, and administer a re- 
proof to them, and an exhortation to greater diligence in future : 
Those, on the; contrary, who shall appear to excil, shall be 
mentioned with approbation. And in awarding all literary 
honours and distinctions, a regard shall be had to the moral 
conduct, and orderly behaviour of the candidates for such dis- 
tinctions. 

7. Competitions in the various branches of literature and 
exercises of the college may be appointed by the faculty, at 
such times, and subject to such regulations, as they may judge 
most expedient. 

8. The examination for degrees shall be on all the studiet 
of the college course. 



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CHAPTER XIY. * ■ • , 

OF PUB' IC SPEAKING. 

1. For the improvement of the students in puhlic speaking, 
two or more orations, as the faculty may direct, shall be pro- 
nounced every evening immediately after prayers, on the 

stage in the public hall. These shall be assigned to the stu- 
dents in rotation, so that all may have the benefit of this exer- 
cise ; nor shall any student be exempted from it, except on 
account of natural impediments or other disqualifications, of 
which the faculty or president may judge. 

2. The members of the senior class shall be excused from 
the above exercises, and in place of them shall each pronounce, 
at stated times, to be appointed by the faculty, an oration or 
declamation of their own composition, as the faculty shall 
appoint. 

3. Occasional exercises in public speaking may be assign- 
ed at the discretion of the faculty. 

4. On the day of commencement the candidates for degrees 
pliall perform such exercises as shall be appointed them, and 

iljjfo candidate shall refuse the exercises assigned him, under 
>enalty of being refused his diploma. 

5. Nothing indecent, profane or immoral, shall at any time 
be delivered on the public stage, under penalty of such censure 
as the faculty or trustees shall judge proper. And with a 
view to preserve all the public exercises of the students from, 
impropriety of any kind, every student, during the whole of 
his senior year, and previously to his commencement per- 
formances especially, shall shew to the president the whole of 
what he proposes to speak, and shall not fail to observe such 
corrections as shall be made of his performances ; and if any 
student pronounce any thing in public of a censurable nature, 
in contradiction to the directions or corrections of the officer 
to whom he lias shewn his piece, the president is required to 
stop him on the public stage, and he shall be otherwise cen- 
sured as the trustees or faculty shall determine* 

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OF ORDER IN THE DINING ROOM. 

1. At the ringing of the bell for breakfast, dinner and sup- 
per, the students shall go peaceably to the door of the dining- 
room, where they shall wait five minutes, if necessary for a 
tutor. 

2. The students shall sit at the tables, according to the or- 
der which the faculty or tutors shall appoint, and shall behave 

mselves with decorum, carefully observing all the regula- 
tions which the faculty or the tutors shall make for their de- 
cent and proper behaviour. 

3. Any officer of college attending at the dining-table shall 
have full p >wer to send out of the dining-room any student, 
who shall behave in any respect indecently or improperly. 
^4. The students shall at all times pay respect to the stew- 

, ard of the college, and they shall not on any occasion infringe 
on the regulations which, with the approbation of the faculty, 
he may make for the good order of the servants, or of the 
dining-room and kitchen. 

5o The steward shall not be obliged to provide any by-meal, 
except in case of sickness, for any student or students who 
may not attend at the regular hours of breakfast, dinner or 
supper. 

6. No student shall on any occasion leave the dining-table 
before it he regularly dismissed, except by permission from 
one of the officers present. 

7. No student, who is capable of attending on the exercis- 
es of college, shall be permitted to board out of the house, un- 
less it be with his parents, or with the president, vice-presi- 
dent, or professors of college. 

8. The price of board shall be settled by the trustees, as 
often as shall be judged necessary. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

OF DRESS. 

1. It is recommended to the students to be plain in their 
dress, but it is required of them always to appear neat and 



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cleanly ; and if any student shall be grossly negligent in tins 
respect, it shall be the duty of the college officers to admon- 
ish bini for it, and see that he preserve a decent appearance. 
2. Every student shall possess a black gown, which shall 
be made agreeably to a fashion which the faculty shall pre- 
scribe ; and all the students shall appear in their gowns, on 
all such occasions as shall be specified and announced tothera 
by the trustees or faculty of the college. 





CHAPTER XVII. 

RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, AND MORAL CONDUCT. 

1. Every student shall attend worship in the college-hail, 
morning and evening, at the hours appointed, and shall be- 
have with gravity and reverence during tUe whole service. 

%. Every student shall attend public worship on the sab- 
bath, at such times and places as shall be directed, and shall 
be careful to maintain a reverential deportment. The sancti- 
fication of the whole of the sabbath, or Lord's-day, is indis- 
pensable to every student, and all practices inconsistent there- 
with are expressly prohibited. 

3. No student shall employ any barber or hair-dresser to 
shave or drdss him on the sabbath, nor shall any such per- 
son go into college on that day, for any such purpose. 

4. Besides the public exercises of religious worship on the 
sabbath, there shall be assigned to each class certain exercis- 
es for their religious instruction, suited to the age and stand- 
ing of the pupils. These exercises shall be assigned by the 
president, and attended upon by the different officers of col- 
lege, agreeably to the arrangement which they may make 
for that purpose, and no student belonging to any class shall 
neglect them. 

5. No student shall visit on the sabbath, nor shall any who 
live and board in college, go without the bounds of the college* , f 
on that day, unless by express permission of his instructor. s\v 

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6. Monitors or bill-keepers shall be appointed to note down 
the absentees from the exercises of the college, as often as 
the faculty or any particular instructor of a class may think 
proper. 

7. No student shall possess or exhibit any indecent picture, 
nor purchase or read in college any lascivious, impious or ir- 
religious books, and if any student shall be convicted thereof, 
or of lying, profaneness, drunkenness, theft, uncleanness, 
playing at unlawful games, (such as cards, dice and back- 
gammon) or other gross immoralities, or impieties, he shall be 
punished according to the nature and heinousness of the of- 
fence, by admonition, public reprehension, dismission or ex- 
pulsion from college. 

8. If any student shall quarrel with, insult, or abuse a fel- 
low-student, or any person whatever, lie shall, upon convic- 
tion, be punished according to the nature of his fault and as 
the faculty may determine. 

9. Any student convicted of sending or receiving a chal- 
lenge to fight a duel, or who shall carry such challenge, orb* 
a second in a duel, or in any wise aid or abet it, shall imme- 
diately be dismissed by the faculty, and as soon as practicable 
expelled by the trustees. 

10. No student shall bring, or cause to be brought, into 
college, or on any occasion keep in his room, any spirituous 
or fermented liquors, without urgent necessity ; nor without 
an express permission from the teacher of the class to which 
lie belongs. 

11. No student shall go to a tavern, eating-house, beer- 
house, or any place of sucli kind, for any purpose whatsoever, 
without permission from some member of the faculty ; and the 
purpose for which any student shall desire to go to any of these 
places shall he by him specified to the officer of the college from 
whom he shall ask permission ; and the permission obtained 
shall be considered as granted for that purpose only : nor 
shall the time of continuance at such places be greater than 
that for which permission shall have been given. 



12. No student shall resort to any bouse, or shop, where 
confectionary, or other articles of diet or drink are sold, or 
purchase at such house or shop, or from the proprietor of the 
same, any article whatever, unless the faculty of the college 
shall have publiekly signified to the students that such house, 
or shop, may be resorted to for the purchase of the articles 
contemplated — which articles the faculty may specify, if they 
judge it expedient. 

13. No student shall, on any occasion, keep company with 
persons of publiekly bad character under penalty of admoni- 
tion, and if the practice be continued, of dismission or expul- 
sion. 

14. It is required of all students to treat all persons with 
whom they have intercourse, with decency, modesty and re- 
spect, but especially to exhibit the most respectful deportment 
to the officers of the college ; and if any student shall disobey 
any of the lawful commands of his teachers, or shall, either in 
speech or action, manifest disrespect towards any of them, he 
shall be admonished, ask the forgiveness of the offended par- 
ty, or be suspended, according to the nature of his offence 
and the decision of the faculty. 

15. If any student shall refuse to appear personally before 
the president, or any officer of the college, when required to 
do so, he shall be punished for contempt of authority. 

16. Immediate and implicit obedience shall be yielded by 
every student to the lawful commands of every officer of the 
institution, under penalty of punishment for contempt of au- 
thority. 

17. Any student who may be required so to do, shall open 
the door of his room or study to any officer of the college ; and 
if he refuse, the officer may break it open, and the expense 
of repairing it shall be defrayed by the student, who shall also 
be punished for disobedience. 

18. If any students remain in the college, or in the town, 
during the vacation, they shall be subject to all the laws re- 
specting decent and orderly conduct, and shall he under the 
control of the officers ®f the college whe may remain there du- 
ring the vacation. 




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CHAPTER XVIII. 

OF RESIDENT GRADUATES. 

1. Resident graduates shall have the free and full use of 
the college library, by paying four dollars per session for the 
same ; subject however, to all the laws relative to the library, 
as contained in chapter 10. 

2. They may attend the recitations of any class in the col- 
lege; and may, if ''they choose and are called to it by the 
teacher of the class, recite with a class, on any particular 
branch of study. 

3. They may diet in the refectory, at the same price, and 
subject to the same rules, as the under graduates. 

4. They may receive instruction, direction, or assistance, 
privately, from any officer of the college who may be willing 
to give it — for which they shall make such compensation as 
shall be agreed on between them and such officer. 

5. Tbcv shall not visit the rooms of the students in study 
hours, nor after the ringing of the evening bell, without ex- 
press permission from some member of the faculty. 

6. They shall be expected to treat all the officers and insti- 
tutions of the college with respect, and to encourage diligence, 
order and obedience, among the students. 

7. If any resident graduate shall be judged by the faculty 
to act in a manner injurious to the college, he shall be so in- 
formed-by a note ; and shall thenceforward cease to possess the 
privileges assured to him by these laws. 

8. Graduates intending to reside for improvement at the 
college, shall signify to the faculty distinctly that such is their 
intention ; and also that they will hold themselves bound to 
conform to all the provisions of the statutes contained in this 
chapter. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS. 

V No hallowing, loud talking, whistling, jumping, dancing, 
nv any other boisterous noise, shall be permitted in the entries 



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or rooms of the college at any time, under sucli penalty as the 
nature of the offence shall he judged hy the faculty to deserve. 

2. No student shall be allowed to disguise himself hy wear- 
ing women's apparel, or in any other way whatever, under 
penalty of such censure as the faculty may see cause to inflict. 

3. No student shall be aljpwed to disturb, or attempt any 
imposition on bis ft -How-students, in any manner whatever; 
and every student shall be required to preserve order and de- 
corum in his own room, and shall be responsible for all disor- 
der therein, unless he give information, when in his power, of 
the person or persons from whom it proceeded. 

4. No student, after the examination for degrees, shall 
leave college before the day of commencement, without ex- 
press permission from the authority of the college. 

5. If any clubs or combinations of the students shall at any 
time take place, cither for resisting the authority of the col- 
lege, interfering in its government, or for concealing or exe- 
cuting any evil or disorderly design, every student concerned 
in such combination shall be considered as guilty of the offence 
which was intended : And the faculty are empowered and di- 
rected to break up all such combinations as soon as discover- 
ed, and t« inflict a severer punishment on each individual than 
if the offence intended had been committed in his individual 
capacity, whatever be the number concerned, or whatever be 
the consequence to the college. 

6. As it may sometimes happen that a student may become 
an unworthy, corrupting, and dangerous member of the insti- 
tution, and yet it may not be practicable to establish his crim- 
inality by formal and specified proof : it shall, in such cases, 
be the duty of the faculty, first to warn and admonish the par- 
ty thus circumstanced, and if reformation do not take place, 
then unless the urgency of the case shall forbid the measure, 
the parent or guardian of the party shall be written to and re- 
quested to remove him, and if he shall not be removed with- 
out unnecessary delay, it shall be the duty of the faculty to 
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7. No student suspended, dismissed or expelled from col- 
lege shall be permitted to enter the edifice, or come on the 
college grounds, without express permission from the presi- 
dent ; nor shall the other students of the college he permitted 
to visit or keep company with a suspended, dismissed or ex- 
pelled student, without the president's permission. 

8. No servant shall he employed in the college, except such 
as shall be engaged by the steward, at a stipulated salary, 
with the concurrence of the faculty ; the duties of the servants 
within the college shall be pointed out solely by the faculty. 
And if any servant shall be found to violate any of the laws 
of the institution, or to neglect any of his appointed duties, lit 
shall be immediately dismissed. 

9. No woman shall be permitted on any pretence to go in- 
to the college, except on days of public speaking ; and except- 
ing also strangers who wish to see the college, or citizens of 
the neighbourhood, accompanied by an officer of the college, 
or some person appointed by him. 

10. No student shall keep for his use or pleasure any horse 
or riding beast ; nor shall any student keep a dog, or gun, 
or fire-arms and ammunition of any kind, nor any sword, 
dirk, sword-cane, or any deadly weapon whatever. 

11. If any student or students shall steal, destroy, or tress- 
pass on the property of any person in the to\\n or elsewhere, 
the authority of the college shall inflict an exemplary punish- 
ment on him or them ; and any combination to prevent th« 
execution of the civil law shall be severely punished. 

12. No student shall hire any horse or carriage from any 
person whatever, for the purpose of amusement, exercise or 
business, without explicit permission from some officer of tho 
college. Nor shall a student, without such permission, go to 
a greater distance than two miles from the college, at any 
time whatever, during the continuance of the session. 

13. The students arc subject to all the laws of the college, 
after the classes to which they belong are dismissed at the 
close of each session, till they take their departure from the 
town : And if any student after his class is dismissed shall go 



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io a/avem. without permission, or receive any entertainment, 
or 6 any act whatsoever prohibited by the laws of the col- 
leg* he shall be considered as committing the same offence, 
incurring the same penalty, as if he had done the same 
before the dismission of his class. 
^14. At the close of each session of the college, it shall he 
te duty of the steward to provide, at the expense of the stu- 
lents, suitable carriages, for their accommodation in leaving 
.ihe place : And this shall be done in such manner as that 
/the several classes shall leave the college in the order in 
which they are discharged, and so as to prevent any unneces- 
sary detention ; and till their departure, the steward shall pro- 
vide for them in the refectory, where their meals shall be ta- 
ken, in the same manner as during the session of the college. 
15. Every student shall preserve not only his own room, 
but as far as possible every part of the building, from all dirt 
and filth, and shall not indulge in any practice inconsistent 
with the regulations, under the penalty of such censure as the 
nature of his offence may be judged to deserve; nor shall 
any student throw out of his window, or against the sides of 
the college, any filth of any description. 

.16. In every certificate of dismission from college, the rea- 
sons of dismission shall be specified, and the student's stand- 
ing as a scholar particularly mentioned. 

17. A student dismissed from, college, for whatever cause, 
shall have-refifnded'to him the whole Which he has advanced 

for board, from the time of his dismission. 

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ADVERTISEMENTS. 

The annual commencement of the college is Oil th«(asr 
Wednesday of September. 

The fall vacation begins the day after commencement, m 1 
expires in six weeks. jm^. 

The spring vacation begins on the first -Thursday after W 
second Tuesday in April, and expires in^SSweeks. 

The studies of the college are the following, viz. 

English Grammar, Geography and Arithmetick, (revised); 
Boman and Grecian Antiquities ; Algebra ; Geometry ; 
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry ; Practical Geometry ; Co- 
niek Sections; Surveying; Navigation; Fluxions; Natural 
Philosophy ; Chemistry ; Natural History ; Astronomy ; 
Rhetoric and Belles-Lett res; History and Chronology; Th* 
Greek and Latin Classicks by all the classes; Moral Philos- 
ophy; Logick; Composition; and the Holy Scriptures. 

The college-course of study is completed in four years. 

The classes are denominated Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, 
and Senior. 



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